Hyperalonia

Hyperalonia is a genus of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae.[1]

Hyperalonia
Hyperalonia morio
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Suborder:
Brachycera
Infraorder:
Asilomorpha
Superfamily:
Asiloidea
Family:
Bombyliidae
Genus:
Hyperalonia

Rondani, 1863
Type species
Anthrax erythrocephala
Fabricius, 1805

Hyperalonia is one of the most striking genera of bee flies that can be found in the Neotropical region. The species included in this genus have a large bluish black body with several tufts of red and white hairs, bluish black wings and a yellow head with dark blue eyes.[2][3]

A male of Hyperalonia morio patrolling a patch of vegetation near the visitor center of Quebrada de las Higueritas in Lujan, San Luis, Argentina

Species

Species within this genus include:[4]

  • Hyperalonia ater
  • Hyperalonia atra
  • Hyperalonia chilensis
  • Hyperalonia coeruleiventris
  • Hyperalonia dido
  • Hyperalonia diminuta
  • Hyperalonia erythrocephala
  • Hyperalonia flavosparsa
  • Hyperalonia morio
  • Hyperalonia surinamensis

References
  1. Biolib
  2. A.M. CUNHA & C.J.E. LAMAS Redescription of the pupae of Hyperalonia morio morio (Fabricius), 1775 (Diptera, Bombyliidae, Anthracinae, Exoprosopini)
  3. http://biostor.org/reference/81205 Couri, M.S. and Lamas, C.J.E. 1994. A New Species Of Hyperalonia Rondani, 1863 (Insecta, Diptera, Bombyliidae, Exoprosopinae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 107, 119-121.
  4. Catalogue of life
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